Indian investors have an emotional and financial soft spot for gold and silver for decades. Besides ornamental purposes, they are also used for investment purposes. You must have purchased them in physical form like jewellery, coins, bars, etc. But we...

What is Annual Return? The annual return is the return an investment generates in a year. It is a percentage of the initial amount of investment. If the annual return is positive, the investment has generated profits. On the other...

While investing in any mutual fund, most retail investors look at the historical returns generated by the scheme. They consider the different period returns, say 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years. This data is readily available. Also, the ultimate motive...

What are Investment Funds? Investment funds pool money from various investors with similar interests and purchase securities. Fund managers manage these funds. Each investor retains the ownership of the securities that the fund invests in. Investment funds provide a broad...

What is a Sharpe Ratio in Mutual Funds? Sharpe ratio helps measure the potential risk-adjusted returns from a mutual fund or any investment portfolio. Risk-adjusted returns are returns that an investment generates over and above the risk-free return. It is...

Mutual funds are financial products that are managed by experts. They give an opportunity to investors who are willing to participate in the financial markets but do not have the time and knowledge to trade daily in the stock market....

ETFs have become an increasingly popular way in which people invest or trade in different asset classes. The possibility of intraday trading has added to the attraction. But unlike NAV of mutual funds, ETF traders need up-to-the-minute pricing to harness...

What do ICAI do? Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is responsible for the Standards on Auditing (SAs) applied for the Indian financial statement. It was established by an Act of Parliament to regulate the profession of Chartered Accountancy...